Apparatus for the manufacture of pneumatic tires



May 28, 1935.

H. WILLSHAW T AL Filed Aug. 3, 19514 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORS fi reer WLLSHA VV.

[79A A/KAE T'Hl/EDA l/E/VPOEZ' ATTORNEYS May 28, 1935, H. WILLSHAW El AL I 2,002,970

APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PNEUMATIC TIRES Filed Aug. 5, 1954 4-. 5heets-Sheet 2 INVENTORJ .ZZEErW/L ASH/4M4 fEA/VKAETHUEDAI EA/FUEZ' ATTORNEYS May 28, 1935.

H. WILLSHAW El AL APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PNEUMATIC TIRES- 4 Shets-Sheet 3 Filed' Aug. 3, 1934 f INVENTORS MLLJHA IM [ilk/) 1 164 A/KAETHUE DA l E/VPOEZ ATTORNEYS y 1935- H. WILLSHAW ET AL 2,002,970

APPARATUSFOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PNEUMATIC, TIRES Filed Aug. 5, 1954 4 sheets-Sheet 4 1 I I 2 24 72 7/ zfi INVENTORS fig/PR) MLVLSHAW .ZgPA/VKARTH/PDAl/E/VPORZ ATTORNEYS Patented May 1935 r h I i V V v r g 2,002,970, 1' v 'APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE O ,j PNEUMATIC TIRES narr 'willshaw, Wylde Green, an Frank Arthur Davenport, Erdington, Birmingham, England, assignol s to Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporafltion, Buffalo,"N. Y. )7 h Application August- 3, 1934, Serial No, 738,196, r t

' In Great Britain June 10, 1933 H v I h Claims; (01.154-10) This invention relates to the manufacture of trated in theaccompanying drawings in whichpneumatic tires and its object is to provide new, Fig. 1 is an end view of the preferred form of or improved means whereby the various com-- apparatus-according to this inventionyFig. 2 is ponents of the raw tire are assembled. afront view thereof; Fig. 3 is a skeleton end view 5 v In the present invention, a strip, or strips,; of taken from the; opposite end showing the oper- I tire components are fed from a supply or stock ating means P v h S 4 roll to a drum or'former. on which they are as is'a detail plan view of part-of Fig. 3; Figs. 5 and sembled, and the supply or stock roll isdriven 6 are a m at r ee alternative forms from a driver which in turn is itself driven by of roll and frame mountings. Fig, 7 is a view m frictional contact with the drum. s win dia am at cally e positions tt 1o This driver ma conveniently be in the form, e m nts of the pp a f 1 in'd ivin of a contact roller, and the rotation of the stock: position. roll, therefore, has a definite relationto the speed In the preferred; embodiment there are two of rotation of the drum. a 4 stock, rolls I and 2 oneabpve the other and a The stock roll and driver mechanism are both Corresponding pa r of lini g rolls 3 and 4 are 15 supported by asupporting structure or fram and; similarlydisposed to the side of the stock rolls relative movement is provided between the frame Seen in end'elevation in e s t and the drum whereby the driver or driving roll 1 Saidlining rolls are ad p to slide imaybebrought intoand out of operative contact Cally in bearings 5 d 5 a d rest eac 011 a with the surface of thedrum, the stock roll and roller Iand;8-,the se onda 0 af0TeSaid- 20 driver remaining in fixed position relatively ,to disposed illlmediately beneath a d e Q each other during the rotationof the drum and These m 8 both driven, by driving r011, 7 common chain 9 passing round sprockets 9a,

Preferably the drum remains bodilystatiorp from a 011615 w ic c n i the driver 5 any and the frame is ad t d t pivot towar d: aforesaid andwhich is adapted to be driven by r and awayjrom t for t purpose gs d frictional contact with the surface of the drum.

pivotal movement is preferably-effected manually The Stock rollis, as will be Seen, driven by detent mechanism'serving to hold the mechathe m i o el e whereby sald stock msm in it adjusted position 7 A I I roll is pulled round without strain upon the strip,

Preferably the driver is a roller provided essen-' the arrangement bei s at t e strip f d 30 tiany mepurmmev f providing thedrive f from the stock roll, i. e. the stock roll is driven feeding the-StI RtQ-thedrum and transmits its' at m s r e speed a the d um a d withdrive via a further roller, hereinafter called the o undue tenslon- 1 r j V secondary roller, also provided forisaid feed- All i T0115 and rollers are -Q on'al ing purpose 7 I common frame H and the same is adapted to 35 e Th Strip inthe Stock 11 y be rolled-up pivot about a point 12 ,atjthe; footthereof so as manning, to prevent the convolutions of Said. to bring the driver I!) into and out of' contact strip sticking together, and as said strip is un-- Wlth e: m I 1 wound fromthe stock roll thelining is rolled up Thls actlon may be effected In any convtiment 40 I on a separate roll hereinafter calledthe lining 'wayw'for examplerwehmay Provide a n P 40 o sure system or other power means for dolng it or Preferably the stock rollis driven via the mealternatively We relyTon manual operation dium Of'said lining: f example Said lining roll with or without mechanical aidsuch as a ratchet may rest by gravity upon said secondary roller and pawl other gea'nng Systemt and be driven by frictional contact therewith. i may beadapted, be Preferably a single driver provides the drive mampulated manually by handles name for at least two Stockv mus t b ve.features detent mechanism being provided to control it. being duplicated as will hereinafter appear. example, as in Figs-i 3 and Such mecha' The invention also includes means for guidnism may comprise a level D V e b u the,

ing the strip onto the drum, and said guide, said point 16 by means of the linkage system l1 shown 50 driver and said pivot for the drum may be so in the drawings. arranged that said guide will always swing into Said lever I5 is rocked to break the detent and contact or into reasonable proximity with the so allow the frame to be swung, by means of a drum when said driver contacts said drum. hand grip I8 associated with one of the handles The various features of the invention are i1lus-. l4, said lever being returned to make the 'detent," 55

and so look the frame, by means of the tension spring -|'|a-and the weight of the parts. The underside IQ of the lever l5 co-acts with the face 25.! of a bracket 2| to lock the frame upright in the non-operativeposition, i.. e. the position'in which the driver l is'outcof contact with the drums 7 a To look the frame in the operative position,.i. e. when the driver It! is contacting the drum,'the lever i is provided with ratchetgteeth -22 iwhich co-act with a fixed pawl or lip 23 on saidzbracket The frame I! has wingsfi-l:which'co-actwith a base plate 25, or with the .flooigrubberrbuflers 26 being conveniently interposed. And said frame is spring loaded at 21 so that it tends normally to swing gently into tthenon-operative or upright position.

The driver l0 may, if desired, be springzloaded;

for example, see Fig. l, said roller may be carried on an arm "2'8 pivoted at29 and-extended at 30-to co-act with a tension spring 3|. 7

Thus although the appended claimsirefer toia movementas this-but onlyto exclude such move-'- ments as carries the driver from anon-operative to an operative position iii-relation to -the:drum,

and back.

Provision may be made to disassociateeither: lining roll from drive at-all; such. provision may.

comprise clutches 32 and '33 associated vvlth 1 the :secondary-rollers'8 and 1 respectively.

In operative position the clutch is inthe'position shown at 33inFi g. 2; in the non-operative positionit is as shown at 32. In the latter position a disc 34'has*been pulled out by hand and {given a half turn-so that its extension '35keeps it out, this disassociates the-secondary roller' 8 from'the driven sprocket 36 so that said roller can be rotated by hand. a

This provision facilitates'loading and unloading--there is a'certain amount of linln'g surplus,

over the length of strip,'at each end of the lining roll and this-may be very readily reeled-onto or off the spindle of thelining roll independently for each stock 'roll and independently-of the .power drive.

The frame aforesaid may-carry a guide 31 for guiding the strip to the drum from the' stock rolls aforesaid; the endof this .guidefmay carry 'a roller 38 which assists correct laying of the :strip in place. In-Fig. 1 the path ='o'f thestrip thatjof' is shown in ordinary dotted line and the lining in 'chaindotted line. 7

So that the same arrangements will suit 'diiferent sizes-oi drum, the end of said guide or'its vroller-38, the-driver |0-and the pivot g|2 are armaybe pivotal so asto'collapse into-contact'or into close proximity with :the drum.

The guide. may :be of any convenientiform for 'ourinvention as the same may be embodied in a number of different forms without departing from the :spirit {of our said invention.

Forexample instead of pivoting the frame to- :ward the'drum we may pivot the drum toward the frame, as shown'in Fig. 5.

I And we do not confineourselvestora pivotal movement as described, as forexample we may use a simple sliding move- *ment, as in Flge 6.

"Whatwe claim is:

1. .Apparatus for building pneumatic tires comprising a forming drum, a frame movable toward and=from said drum, a stock roll and feeding mechanism=mounted on said framaand a driving mechanism mounted. on said frame to rotate "said feeding mechanism and stock roll'and comprising means to contact with the surface o'f said drum when said frame is moved toward sa'id drumand tobefr-ee of saiddrum when said fr'ame is moved 'awayfrom said drum.

:2. Apparatus for building pneumatic tire cas ings which comprises a forming drum, a frame movable toward and from the surface of said drum, a'stockroll onsaid frame a guide on-said frame, and a driving mechanism 'on said frame,

said driving mechanism comprising a member tocontact with and be driven from said forming drum when moved thereto, said stock roll and guide-being in substantially fixed positions on said frame.

3. Apparatus for building pneumatic tire 'casings whichgconrprises a forming drum,-a frame tiltable towards and from'said drum, said frame havinga stock roll'aguide and a driving 'mecha nism therefor, said driving mechanism *comp'risinga roller tocontact' with the peripheral surface of said:drum when said frame is tilted towards said drum; saidroll and said guide being in substantially fixed-relative positions, and said guide being brought toward the peripheral surface of said drum when said driving roller contacts therewith.

4. Apparatusifor'building pneumatic tire casings which comprises a forming drum, a frame tiltable toward and from said drum, said frame carryingadrivingmiachanism having a roller to contact with the peripheral surface ofsaiddrum 'and carrying in relativelyfixedpositions-a stock roll driven by-=said driving mechanism and a guide, said roller and guide being brought into contact with said drum whensaid frameis tilted toward said drum. 5. The apparatus of claim 4 in which said driving roll is'yieldinglymounted on said frame.

6. The apparatus of 'claimlin which said frame and said .drum are in relatively 'slidable relation.-. i r I I HARRY WILLSHAW.

FRANK ARTHUR DAVENPORT. 

